John Danks
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Video Journalist at BBC Spotlight in the South West of England
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How easy is it to cycle around some of our towns and cities? I got on my bike to find out
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'Plymouth council lacks will to encourage active travel'
Plymouth City Council admits network gaps as a cyclist says people often ride on roads unprotected.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwypdk6pw4no
5 months ago
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All the latest on the unexploded WW2 bombs in Plymouth and Exmouth here…
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Evacuations in Exmouth and Plymouth as bomb teams deal with two incidents
Residents are put up in a leisure centre and hotel in Exmouth as thousands have been evacuated.
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6 days ago
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Golf club 'closed for foreseeable' after storm
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Storm Goretti: Truro Golf Club 'closed for foreseeable'
About 80 to 100 trees fell on the grounds during Thursday's storm.
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8 days ago
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Santa protest swim called off after sewage overflow
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Santa swim sewage protest at Gyllyngvase Beach cancelled
A campaign group cancels a Santa swim in Falmouth after South West Water discharges storm overflow.
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about 1 month ago
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Diver identifies 'wreck of steamship lost in 1869'
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Diver thought to have identified wreck of steamship lost in 1869
Dominic Robinson says he discovered crockery on the wreck below the surface of the Celtic Sea.
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3 months ago
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Ramblers create 100-mile walking route
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Devon ramblers create 100-mile South Hams Way walking route
The South Hams Ramblers raise ÂŁ5,000 and buy 860 waymarkers for the route.
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3 months ago
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Campaign to save cinema where Beatles played
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Campaign to save Plymouth cinema where Beatles played
Supporters are raising ÂŁ1m as part of a bid to save the cinema to use as a cultural space.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79vjy544p3o
4 months ago
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Presenter praises teens for helping harvest mice
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Chris Packham praises Devon teenagers for helping harvest mice
TV wildlife presenter joins sisters as they release home-reared mice back into the wild.
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4 months ago
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Church boxing class helping with personal battles
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Exeter church boxing classes helping with personal battles
Ben Cookson says going to church four years ago helped him overcome an addiction to drugs.
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5 months ago
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James Alistair Henry
5 months ago
I love our town fair day, but there's always one violent idiot who has to ruin it for everyone, trundling around making threats.
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How easy is it to cycle around some of our towns and cities? I got on my bike to find out
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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'Plymouth council lacks will to encourage active travel'
Plymouth City Council admits network gaps as a cyclist says people often ride on roads unprotected.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwypdk6pw4no
5 months ago
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Transport Action Network
7 months ago
Treasury cuts to cycling and walking budget UNLAWFUL, rules Court of Appeal
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Treasury cuts to cycling and walking budget unlawful, rules Court of Appeal
Treasury cuts to cycling and walking budget unlawful, rules Court of Appeal FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10 June 2025 In a historic judgment, the Court of Appeal has today ruled in Transport Action Network’...
https://transportactionnetwork.org.uk/treasury-cuts-to-cycling-and-walking-budget-unlawful-rules-court-of-appeal/
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Supreme Court backs wild camping on Dartmoor
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Wild camping on Dartmoor backed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upholds the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor in Devon.
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8 months ago
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Woman breaks Land's End to John O'Groats and back record
Cyclist Sarah Ruggins beats the men's and women's record for the 1,677-mile round trip.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce822e66159o
8 months ago
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Moose Allain
8 months ago
Budgie I drew this today and it made me feel happy. I hope it makes you feel happy too.
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Churchill's wartime train carriage restored
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Churchill’s wartime train carriage restored in Devon
The carriage, which also hosted US President Dwight Eisenhower, is at the South Devon Railway.
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8 months ago
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Can you spot the silver ball? Quite a bonkers hurling tradition in St Columb Major in Cornwall today
11 months ago
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Man charged with murdering university lecturer
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Claire Chick: Man charged with murder of Plymouth university lecturer
Claire Chick, who was a nurse and university lecturer, was found fatally injured in a street.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crr0qq491z4o
12 months ago
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Police name man wanted in connection with fatal attack on a woman in Plymouth last night. Detectives say 53 year old Paul Antony Butler may be armed and dangerous and shouldn’t be approached
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Plymouth murder suspect could be 'armed and dangerous'
Police are searching for Paul Antony Butler after the death of a woman in the city.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33413jny6vo
12 months ago
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Rooney leaves Plymouth Argyle
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Rooney leaves Plymouth & Man Utd relegation a 'possibility' - reaction & analysis
All the latest football news and reaction as Newcastle ease to victory over Man Utd, Ipswich shock Chelsea & Villa draw with Brighton.
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about 1 year ago
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I spent a few days on Tresco while police and volunteers searched for Josh. His family are still looking for answers about the night he went missing
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Brother reflects on sibling's Tresco death 10 years on
Ashley Cox's brother Josh Clayton was found dead in the sea off the Isles of Scilly in 2015.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevgklxjepgo
about 1 year ago
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Street clinics held for homeless people's pets
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about 1 year ago
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Largest UK seagrass restoration project ends with promising signs of recovery
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Largest UK seagrass restoration project to end after five years
The project aimed to reverse decades of seagrass decline, and experts have seen signs of "recovery".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3y95z20z1o
about 1 year ago
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Very pleased this was delivered today. Reissue of The Sundays majestic debut album. Just the tonic for a blustery wet weekend
about 1 year ago
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Devonport based amphibious assault ships HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion to be scrapped.
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ÂŁ500m defence cuts as ships, drones and helicopters scrapped
Critics said the move would leave UK defence weaker, at a time of growing international tensions and after over a decade of funding pressures on the armed forces.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k0292v0w1o
about 1 year ago
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I had 'a target on my back' says sacked BBC presenter
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Jack Murley: I had 'a target on my back' says sacked BBC presenter
A tribunal in Exeter hears how Jack Murley is dismissed by the corporation for social media posts.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93qx5q2de2o
about 1 year ago
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Transport Secretary making positive sounds about long term cycle funding
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Transport Secretary wants end to "perverse half cycle lanes" and hints at long-term funding for cycling and walking
Secretary of State for Transport, Louise Haigh, has said ÂŁ100m for cycling and walking was the start, and long-term funding could be pledged in the Spring Spending Review, as she adds road deaths have...
https://road.cc/content/news/end-half-cycle-lanes-ministers-long-term-funding-hint-311231
about 1 year ago
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